Vertical stripes are slimming, but vertical text needs some extra space
Templating
To create the bounding box for vertical text, ensure that it is too narrow to accommodate two symbols in a single row. It does not need to be as narrow as the example text as it is always best to give a little extra room.
Programming
Normally, when a template encounters the edge of a bounding box, it will drop the overhanging text to the line below. Creating a single message that stacks vertically runs up against a normally helpful rule in artwork rendering: the system will not impose a line break in the middle of a word. This rule normally prevents this sign...
from looking like this...
When trying to create the example below, the message "1234" would read as a single word and so the system will not add a line break in the middle of it. Instead, it will attempt to drop the text to the next line but it doesn't fit there either. So instead of a vertically stacked message...
we get this number that overhangs our bounding box.
To fix this issue, we need to update the messaging so the number no longer reads as a single word. There are two ways to do so:
1. Long text
Create a long text field (see this article for more information on field types) so the line breaks can be manually added.
2. Short text with spacing
Add spacing between the numbers so that they are no longer a single word.
